Re: Stretch--no network interfaces

On Sun 18 Jun 2017 at 21:36:49 +0200, Christian Seiler wrote:
> On 06/18/2017 09:22 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 18 Jun 2017 at 20:54:46 +0200, Christian Seiler wrote:
> >
> >> On 06/18/2017 08:25 PM, pplaw wrote:
> >>> The network I'm on at the moment hands out DHCP addresses. But, sometimes,
> >>> I'll hard-code the IP address for the computer (with ifconfig: ifconfig
> >>> (eth0--but in this case) enx687f74158a8a 10.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0;
> >>> route add default gw 10.x.x.x). Since this is a new install of Stretch,
> >>> I haven't been able to download the ifconfig package; and if I type ifup
> >>> enx687f74158a8a (or for my wireless card, wlp1s0), I get: "unknown in-
> >>> terface.
> >>
> >> In the Debian release notes there's a section about the fact that
> >> ifconfig has been deprecated for well over a decade now, and is not
> >> included in new installs anymore starting with Stretch:
> >>
> >> https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#iproute2
> >
> > ifconfig isn't the problem. The OP installed Stretch; stretch doesn't
> > have ifconfig.
>
> Stretch does have ifconfig, just not by default. And I mentioned that
> because the OP mentioned it and I wanted to clarify this. Please read
> again the part I quoted from the OP. ;-)
The Stretch d-i does not have ifconfig. (Is that the third time I have
said that?)
> >> If you want to temporarily add an IP to a given interface, you can
> >> use the 'ip' utility (this also works in older Debian versions):
> >
> > [Good advice snipped]
> >
> > Do you not find it disturbing that someone can install Debian and not
> > end up with a network connection?
>
> Well, that depends on further details here: was the network configured
> at all during installation? If you use one of the DVDs, for example,
> you don't need to configure the network in the installer to install
> Debian onto the hard disk - but if you didn't configure it in the
> installer, you'll have to configure it manually in the running system.
>
> But sure, if you can show that network properly configured in
> the installer fails to lead to a system with configured networking,
> then please report a bug with details and steps to reproduce, so that
> this can be fixed in 9.1.
Of course it depends on further details. Which is why they were
requested.
--
Brian.